Game dice



Oct. 4, 1938. B SERDYNSK] 2,132,050

GAME DICE Filed Sept. 24, 19:57

INVENTOR BOLESLAUS A. SERDYN SKI ATTORNEYS Patented Oct. 4, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE GABIE DICE Boleslaus A. Serdynski, Milwaukee, Wis., assignor, by mesne assignments, of one-half to Leo S. Ryczek, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application September 24, 1937, Serial No. 165,512

1 Claim.

face, will not mar the same, due to the fact a that the corners of the hard surfaces of the cube are cushioned. Furthermore, this cushioning element will prevent noise.

The specific object of my invention is to provide a rectangular hard-surfaced dice, having 10 grooved corners for the reception of a rubber edge, which completes the knife edges of all surfaces of the dice.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, as will be hereinafter more specifically set forth and subsequently claimed.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 represents a perspective View of a game dice embodying the features of my invention; and

Figure 2 is a magnified, fragmentary section of the same, illustrating the method of inserting rubber edges to the corners of the dice, taken on 5 line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Referring by characters to the drawing, A represents the dice, and the corners of the cube faces are channeled, as at I. Moulded in these grooves or channels, as shown, is a rubber strip, which 30 strip forms a continuous network about the cube,

it being understood that the dice cubes are'usually composed of hard material, such as bone,

ivory, or the like. I

After the rubber is moulded into the surface of the dice, it will complete the rectangular knifeedged corner thereof, and it is understood that in some instances the rubber corners may be polished to a knife edge.

It is also within the scope of my invention to mould a rubber cage constituting the corners of 5 the dice in a single piece or network, and thereafter this cage or network can be stretched or snapped into position.

The advantages of my invention are obvious, to-wit, that the dice, when thrown from the box upon a highly surfaced, polished bar, will cushion the blow and prevent marring or otherwise damaging the bar surface. Practice has demonstrated that the use of ordinary dice upon highly polished bar surfaces shortly invariably deface the same. Furthermore, my cushioned dice will prevent noise.

It will also be observed in the magnified sectional view that the channeled surface is more or less rough, and in practice soft rubber is moulded .directly into these channels to form the sharp edges of the cube. In so moulding these surfaces, they will be adhesively secured, due to the toothed engagement of the rubber and surface of the channel.

I claim:

A cubular dice for games composed of hard material having thereon standard indicia, the corners of the cube being channeled out to form roughened surfaces, a filler of soft rubber adhesively secured to the roughened surfaces of said channels to form a rectangular knife-edge for completing the cube.

BOLESLAUS A. SERDYNSKI. 

